Senior Healthcare Assistant - Preston, United Kingdom - Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will be required to assist doctors and nurses in order to provide a high standard of care to patients attending all areas of Sexual Health Services ensuring they promote the patient dignity and comfort.

The post holder will work as a team member, ensuring the smooth running and efficiency of the service is maintained.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To assist the Doctor or Nurse throughout the clinical examination or clinical procedure of patients in sexual health clinics

To offer emotional support to patients during the examination procedure

To act as a chaperone to both medical and nursing staff as required according to trust policy

Following training perform basic observations (such as BP, pulse, weight, height and BMI) and other screening tests for patients within the sexual health care setting, for example, urinalysis, pregnancy testing, urine Chlamydia tests reporting the results to trained nurses

To undertake venepuncture on a daily basis

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester.

The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents - it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live.

In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower.

Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade.

Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To explain procedures and test to patients according to clinic protocol and advise on how patients obtain results

To assist in the accurate filing or inputting onto the Lilie database patient test results under the direction of a senior member of the team which includes advising patients of negative test results as per clinical protocols and contacting patients to advise them they need to return to clinic for follow up treatment or tests

To undertake pregnancy testing with patients as required advising them of the results of the test and discussing the patients' options following the results which may include referral to a Termination provider (such as Marie Stoppes) or the Teenage Midwife/other health care professional in line with clinic protocols

Under the direction of the Doctor or Trained Nurse provide initial screening of diagnostic tests i.e., fix and stain smears on microscope slides from patients with sexually transmitted infections.

To examine smears by microscopy and confirm infections such as gonorrhoea, trichomonas vaginalis, non-specific urethritis, bacterial vaginosis and thrush in support of medical and nursing staff's clinical finding and to fully document these results in patients records